The Fender Custom Shop 1956 Relic Stratocaster is an historic instrument with a custom twist. Fender have taken one of their greatest instruments and added color and features to make the 2013 version something that could have been built in 1956 but wasn’t. They started with a lightweight ash body, picked one of the favorite and most requested neck shapes (the 10/’56) and rounded the instrument off with a set of Fat ’50s pickups. Finished with gold hardware and an anodized gold pickguard, the 1956 Relic Strat is a beauty to hear, see and play. Available (for the first time) in three new colors.
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1964 was a monumental year for popular music and a pivotal year for the Telecaster, too, as seen in the Fender American Vintage ’64 Telecaster. The thicker maple necks of the ’50s and early ’60s now gave way to a more rounded C-shaped profile, this time topped with a round-laminated rosewood fingerboard with larger pearl dot inlays. Other vintage-accurate touches include a lightweight alder body (ash on White Blonde model), staggered bridge pickup pole magnets, threaded steel “barrel” bridge saddles, three-ply white pickguard with eight holes, top-hat switch tip, flat-top knurled chrome control knobs and more.
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The Fender American Vintage ’65 Jaguar marks a key chapter in Jaguar history. That is, after surf and before punk, when the sole ’60s member of Fender’s big four guitars staked its own gradually growing claim in the hearts and hands of a select group of alternative-minded guitarists who appreciated its distinctive design and offbeat status. The classic Jaguar shorter scale, dual-circuit layout and sleekly chromed-out design are here, along with a bound round-laminated fingerboard and larger pearl dot inlays—elegant touches the Jaguar acquired in 1965, merely three years after its introduction.
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Fender has boldly cleared the slate to make way for a fresh American Vintage series with new features, new specs and the most meticulous level of vintage accuracy yet. With its big maple neck, the 1952 Telecaster was a landmark guitar in Fender history, and nowhere is today’s re-dedication to detail more evident than on the Fender American Vintage ’52 Telecaster, which returns to the fold with body, neck and pickups refined with the best features (tones, curves, perimeters, radii and more) from a handful of extraordinary ’52 Tele specimens we examined.
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A guitar with a lot more attitude, the Cabronita Telecaster rocks a highly distinctive take on a classic design and spits out fiery, full-voiced Tele tone from two sharp new Fideli’Tron humbucking pickups. Other premium features include an alder body (ash on White Blonde model), comfortable modern C-shaped maple neck with a 9.5” radius and 21 medium jumbo frets, single-ply pickguard and single control knob (volume), and a string-through-body hardtail bridge with six cast saddles.
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Fender have taken their Standard series Stratocaster and swathed it in swirling black paisley for a captivating new look that is both darkly alluring and elegantly psychedelic. Equally captivating are the sound, feel and performance, with sparkling single-coil neck and middle pickups and a full-throated humbucking bridge pickup, comfortable modern C-shaped maple neck, 9.5”-radius rosewood board with 21 medium jumbo frets, and a vintage-style synchronized tremolo bridge.
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Fender have taken their Standard series Telecaster and swathed it in swirling black paisley for a captivating new look that is both darkly alluring and elegantly psychedelic. Equally captivating are the sound, feel and performance, with two singing single-coil pickups, comfortable modern C-shaped maple neck with a 9.5” radius and 21 medium jumbo frets, and a six-saddle string-through-body bridge for ringing sustain and solid intonation stability.
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